Inc. phone: 207-596-6373 fax: 207-596-0538 email: cci@midcoast.com VIKING INVESTMENTS (Principals) Leonard Greenhalgh Dartmouth College ROLE FOR PAT OLAFSON You run Viking Investments‚ a U.S. corporation that has been primarily involved in real estate development. Your investments and development projects tend to be concentrated in the area surrounding Edgewater‚ Illinois‚ an affluent town in a rural area. Viking is one of six major developers in the local area‚ who occasionally have
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that prescribe them standards for their gender-linked behavior. Society in general does no have a category for those who is not comfortable with their gender roles or who does not employ the “expected” side of the binary distinction. However in recorded history there are societies which did not employ male female gender binary. Studies of Viking history reveal that Norse culture did not judge a warrior by sex; a great number of warriors were females and thought to be worthy of the hammer. In this kind
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PETER OLAFSON BACKGROUND Peter Olafson has just taken a position as the general manager for Cable King Television (CKV) of St. Paul Minnesota. CKV has been in existence for the past four years. The company is by UniComm of Beverly Hills California and a local St. Paul businessman‚ 85%-15% respectively. The first three years of CTV were spent securing state‚ federal‚ and local franchises and permission to operate in the St. Paul area. When Olafson arrived‚ CTV had six employees working on
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The Vikings are Scandinavian celebrities. The lure of their culture is still attracting many admirers and their legend still lives on. Because of their popularity‚ even the History channel is currently running a new semi-historic drama series about this wild brood. The legend of Vikings as brutal warriors is widespread‚ but few people know about their society and culture. The exhibition “Vikings” at The Field Museum show that the tales of violence are only a small part of the Viking world. Through
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Laws and Legal Procedures: Since laws and legal procedures differed in different areas and changed as time went along‚ I will discuss the procedures in Iceland. The Icelanders did not like a central form of government such as a king and/or queen. Law was their king. Laws were set up and governed by a consensus and things were smoothed out by negotiating and compromising. In most other Norwegian lands ping (meetings) were held annually. They were usually locally‚ regionally‚ and‚ in Iceland’s
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The word Viking‚ really means "Pirate" in Norse‚ is used as a term‚ for the people who lived in Denmark‚ Norway and Sweden during the early Middle Ages. They are most famous for the Viking raids of the Middle Ages and people often think of them as savage and bloodthirsty. Though many did have a life devoted to raiding and warfare‚ the vast majority of the Vikings lived from farming‚ fishing‚ and etc. Law The Vikings had a complex legal system. The word "law" is actually a Viking word. When
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Vikings Typically‚ the image of a Viking is a barbaric‚ bearded man plundering and destroying a neighboring village. This is actually the stereotypical viewpoint. In actuality‚ Vikings‚ have a very different image. For example‚ Vikings did not wear furry boots or furry armor‚ they did not have horned helmets‚ they invaded Britain‚ and they also were the first to discover America! They were also experts in nautical technology‚ crafts‚ trading‚ warfare and many other skills (Jonsson 1). With all
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VIKINGS EINHERJAR THE CHOSEN ONES Kenneth Dunn History 115 Professor Gordon "Never before has such terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan race. Behold‚ the church of St. Cuthbert‚ spattered with the blood of the priests of God‚ despoiled of all its ornaments; a place more venerable than all in Britain is given as a prey to pagan peoples." - Alcuin of York‚ in a letter to Ethelred‚ King of Northumbria in England.
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Vikings When the term Viking is brought up an immediate image of bloodthirsty men with long beards and horned helmets is planted in our minds. This is the image the historical sources have given us‚ and it is partly true. Vikings were merciless when raiding‚ but they were peaceful when they traded. Their navigational technology was exceptional‚ and the ones who settled in foreign lands contributed greatly to the lands’ culture. The way we view Vikings has come mainly from sources in Western Europe
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In my negotiation for Viking I played the roll of Sandy Wood and I attempted to negotiate with Pat Olafson regarding a range of issue that we have had with each other over the past several years. These negotiations were extremely complicated because they dealt with three at least different issues. We had to figure out what to do about an outstanding loan that Pat had given me. We also had to come to an agreement on the matter of how much Pat was going to pay for work that I had done for his condominium
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